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My two daughters are both suffering from chicken pocks, which makes a good night’s sleep an illusion. I did set the alarm, but for the first time in ages decided to ignore it and go back to sleep. It was not even a tiny voice in the back of my head telling me it was […]
Looking outside, a stiff wind is blowing, streets are wet from heavy overnight rains and birch leaves are already half yellow. It cannot be denied that we are changing seasons, and with that change in season comes a change in subject. The last few weeks, I solely focussed on Lady Heather. The height of the purple […]
Several weeks ago, just before the heather was supposed to come into bloom, I was a bit undecided about where to go and what to shoot on my day off. I made a last minute decision to check out a very small nature reserve at a side of town that I had never visited before. It […]
The urban dictionary explains it as follows. Dud: a malfunctioning or failed idea, object or instance, an unfulfilled expectation. Sunrises and sunsets are often duds, expecially when predictions are good, hopes are high and expectations are great. As much as I hate duds, the worst are when the weather app makes a false promise and […]
Well, actually we found way more than 40 Banded Darters (Sympetrum pedemontanum; Bandheidelibel) and I am not suggesting I even remotely resemble Ali Baba. But sometimes these blog titles just seem to come to me in a natural way and I write them down without giving them any further consideration. Maybe I should change that from […]
Back from summer holiday. Due to family related matters, we had to cancel our planned holiday to France back in June and now ended up on a small campsite very close to home. It was a very enjoyable stay and I went out into the heathland on several promising mornings. Because I know the area […]